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Historical Event on 6/9/1992

Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.